The Hunters

Great book and have already read the 2nd book but now resting to I don't get bored with it. Love the whole team the way they are selected with their different skills, the humor of the characters (well some have a bit of humor and levity).I found the story fascinating as it built up sort of a "Dan Brown" story crossed with Indiana Jones and Lara Croft. combined with some excellent action, almost pitched battles, strange trains it all had more sitting up late in bed to see how it worked out.The weapons expert was a crackup with his funny naïve comments thru to his "you can NEVER have too much firepower", lmao........He helped to make the series quite humorous too.Anyone looking for small team military action, espionage, tomb raider type treasures with several twists and turns then you cannot go wrong with this book

When I started the book and read about the character Sarah, I found myself picturing Parker from Leverage. That wasn't a surprise as the premise of the book had a Leverage feel to it and that sold me on the book. The first 30% of the book earned it the 3 stars because the next portion of the book felt forced and was a little boring. The action sequences in that portion of the book felt forced to break up the long, long descriptions of the trip and the lengthy history lessons. I think at this point, I'm curious to see the end resolution of the book but will probably jump ahead a little. I have read one other book by Chris Kuzneski in his series and enjoyed it much more. The series involves a PITT university professor and the descriptions of the campus and Pittsburgh as done in a fashion that does not detract from the overall flow of the book.

I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a great action story. A really enjoyed all the characters. Looking forward to reading your next book in this series.

If I could afford the rest of his books I would. I just can't pay $10 for kindle books. I was so fortunate to take a chance as a Book Bud deal.I loved this book, the characters, the premise, adventure, etc. I enjoyed the intermingling of past and present. It prompted me to look closer at Rasputin, the Romanov family and history.Thank you for igniting that fire.I will read any Kuzneski book that is affordable. Otherwise it if off to the library for me.

Call it 3 1/2 stars - non-stop action. Every time I read a Kuzneski, I keep thinking to myself - OK, but not going to buy another, but something keeps me buying them - I've read 5 or 6 of his books. This one has quite a bit of interesting history to it and that is one detail I enjoy about his novels. He does do a lot of research in weaving his story around this. In this case, a lost Romanian treasure dating back to WW II.CONS: Bullets flying everywhere but never hitting our heros - how can this be?

Will make a great action movie. All elements are in place including five characters that seem right out of a Marvel comic book, Garcia- the nerd techie, Sarah- the safe cracking blond beauty, McNutt- testosterone filled shoot em up marksman, Jasmine- the "I didn't know I was so beautiful" archaeologist, and Cobb- the consummate thinks of everything leader. Throw in some great bad guys like the Black Robes (Rasputin worshippers!!) and what's not to like? Reminds me a lot of Mathew Reilly and The Five Greatest Warriors - just saying.

I don't like to review these types of books. Let me say that I have read every word that Chris Kuzneski published and I like this book the least. Story line was silly and weak and way too drawn out. Chris please abandon this foolish style and go back to Payne and Jones or someone else but this was basically boring. Do you realize how much time you spend describing a damn gun? I don't care care about nit picking stuff. The fights with the Black Robes was also way drawn out. Sorry, but if I read this book first, there would be no second.

I know this book is supposed to be a quick, fun thriller, but I just didn't feel like anything was developed or fleshed out enough, even for the genre. The plot is pretty much a group of strangers are hired by a mysterious, rich benefactor to complete a mission involving a missing gold train that was smuggled out of Romania in the early 20th century to safeguard the gold/jewels from the current revolution. So that's cool right? Sounds like Dirk Pitt could be on the trail, too. And while the story itself is believable, it's some of the early story and characters that start to bug me. A lot of the dialogue between the characters made me want to side with the antagonists (who are of course a rather vague shadow organization). Oh and there's a Russian cop who is conveniently connected to the people who have been protecting the train for the past 100 years. Isn't that handy? And this and that and wait what's this and who's that? It's really just a jumbled mess. Towards the end I was just finishing it because of completionist tendencies. I recommend a pass on this one.

I have to remember back to the original books of Payne and Jones to remember they grew on me!So for the Hunters? The jury is out, I feel a little bit confused as to whether these treasure hunters are actually the good people or equally the bad ones. They do some good stuff but also some bad stuff - or did I fall asleep in the middle and re-awoke to a different chapter.The elite team has been put together by a billionaire philanthropist, and they are from different walks of life, a soldier, computer whizzard, and others, both sexes so makes for a good story line. They are after some treasure, so we go back into history, maybe a little to deep, but we visit the Romanovs and some vile creatures, some that are fascits, some bullies.

I was, I have to say, reluctant to read this after reading the Payne/Jones series, written by the same author. I love Payne and Jones so wasn't sure that The Hunters, all new characters, would be of the same standard that I had come to expect from this author.So after leaving a copy of this book to gather dust on the bookshelf for a few months, I took a deep breath, made myself a cup of tea and sat down to start to read it.It wasn't Payne and Jones, however from the very first page it had me hooked. The Hunters are an elite team made up of an ex-soldier, an historian, a computer whiz, a weapons expert and a thief. They are financed by a billionaire philanthropist who sends them on a mission to find the location and to bring back two trains of gold and possesions of the Romanian state that were sent to the underground vaults of the Kremlin in 1916, which are now missing.The action in the book is fast paced. The book explodes into life from the first page, with a mission impossible style robbery, used to introduce the cast of the book and to show off their skills. Each character is an individual, having their strengths and weaknesses. I like how the female characters are as strong, in their own way, as the male characters, no weaklings here, but capable of standing on their own to fight. Kuzenski writes well and brings the story to life without endless description of what is happening. The book has humour, history, passion, talent, weapon skills, unarmed combat. It introduces famous figures from history in the Romanovs and also less savoury characters like Rasputin.Naturally, as there usually is in these types of stories, there is a bad guy who also is after the treasure that the Hunters are seeking and we get to see how this elite crew deal with the situations they find themselves in and how the motives of their employer are not quite clear. By the end of the book I wanted to know more about their billionaire benefactor and what his motivations are, what the backgrounds of the various team members are and how they ended up on his list for his team of Hunters.The ending sets up for the next book nicely. It has a nice twist an introduces a character from the Payne and Jones books, but it will spoil it if I tell you who. If you like action thrillers, then you will not be disappointed if you read this.

This and the 2 others in the series were dreadful. A book must be sensible, even if it is yet another "Seek and Find Treasure". The idea behind this dismal trio was a Boy's Own adventure with crazy billionaires, codes, super-human ex-military aces, secret societies, dead bodies and gold. A book, even fiction, must be almost believable; this was not. Chris Kuzneski also referred to himself in the series, as Wilbur Smith does with equal annoyance.The "heroes" were cardboard and the premise totally daft. Save your money; don't bother with any of these three, unless you are totally bored and under 10 years old. There was no proper ending, it simply ground to a halt. Sadly, I suppose he will just write more of this rubbish, which seems to find favour with so many.I should have known better as he is also the author of the equally dire Smith and Jones series. "Alas Smith and Jones" indeed!

Got hooked on this series of novels and was disappointed when I'd read book3 and it was the last one out, then. Good character development, good plots - a lot of top quality research. So many twists and turns I didn't know where the story was going next. I will have to find the next book if he's written one.

Really really like Chris Kuzneski books,but always a little apprehensive when they go in a different direction (like Andy Mcdermott with the disappointing Persona protocol or James Rollins with those rubbish vampire books co written with never heard of Rebecca Cantrill) Not to fear,Kuzneski has brought this new series out brilliantly.Basically,without ruining things,he combines a team of independent experts (some are slightly on the rough edge of things or nearly criminals) to find long forgotten items/artifacts whatever you want to call them.the diversity with his jones/payne is there,but i do like little mentions to persons who appear basically in cameo roles in his original series.Thoroughly exciting,well worth the money,i do have a sneaking suspicion that there could be up to eight books in the series,from the clues within,and I can't wait! Excellent